Create the Day Publications

Create the Day Publications Rob Donnelly is a storyteller who draws inspiration from the physical beauty and tangled history of his island home, lutruwita Tasmania.

He has a passion for the stories and wisdom of people who have been overlooked and silenced by mainstream society.

30/07/2026

The first chapter of colonial life was the convict system. The second chapter, for many, was the desperate, hope-charged world of the goldrush. CON is one man’s story. Out now at the usual online places and select bookstores.

16/07/2026

Tommy’s Silence. For an underbelly take on Van Diemonian life pick up a copy of CON at the usual online retailers. https://tinyurl.com/CONnovel

10/07/2026

A quick reading from my novel CON.

10/07/2026

A short reading from my novel CON. An account of the gang crossing the Derwent.

09/07/2026
09/07/2026

I had a fire in my belly writing Con. I figured it was time a poor struggling voice from the colonial era was heard. Literature that claims to bring alive the hard colonial past falls short when the poor battlers of the past are not genuinely represented.

03/07/2026

Origin stories and Tasmanian colonial history: it makes for a fascinating, at times brutal, and compelling foundation as a writer.

06/03/2026

Researching the Huon community in the 1850s. Here’s an article from 1853 framing the Huon as overpaid, out of control, and in need of a beefed up police force to sort things out!

27/02/2026

CON now available online and at select booksellers.

27/02/2026

Early circus life in Hobart - a history before the Hanging Gardens.

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